How to Grow Your Online Business During a Slowdown

Here are some business strategies and tips to help you grow or start a side hustle or new business you can run from home to avoid negative economic impact during slowdowns.

From “Unfinished Business” stock photo spoof.

How’s it going out there? I know now is an uncertain time and there is a lot of fear, panic, and uncertainty around the Coronavirus. A lot of us are worried about our ability to work when schools are closed, or nervous about what may happen with our jobs if we’re employed by others, or worried about whether or not the economic slowdown will impact our own businesses.

Well, here’s the good news. There is NO better time than right now to be self-employed. So if you’re already there, or you have a side hustle you’ve been dabbling with, or you feel the need to be self-sufficient and create your own income streams….I can help.

I’ve created TWO businesses now with no safety net (a digital agency Cipher Collective and my funnel copywriting business, The Copy Cipher)…I had no backup job, no savings, and very little credit. The more positive aspect of this is it’s what we call a “burn the boats” scenario, so I had no choice but to succeed.